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Should Georgia Eliminate The State Income Tax?
The Georgia Sun
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July 19, 2025
(The Center Square) – A Georgia Senate committee will study ending the state income tax. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who launched his gubernatorial bid last week, said Thursday the Senate Special Committee on Eliminating Georgia’s Income Tax will hold...
Trump's pace of early travel largely mirrors Biden's, but with more sports events and golf
WSBTV - Georgia
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July 19, 2025
WASHINGTON — (AP) — Moving at the "speed of Trump" is one of the White House's favorite phrases, meant to convey the administration's attempts to bring big changes to government at breakneck speed. But when it comes to presidential travel, Donald...
Georgia governor appoints Benjamin Land to Supreme Court bench
11 Alive - Georgia
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Land has served on the state’s intermediate appeals court since July 2022 and previously served as a superior court judge in the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit. ATLANTA — Georgia’s governor on Thursday announced the appointment of a new justice to...
Good Trouble Day: Georgia Protests Honor John Lewis
The Georgia Sun
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July 19, 2025
Demonstrators across Georgia held gatherings as part of “Good Trouble Day,” a national day of protest in honor of former civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis on Thursday. In Atlanta, hundreds of demonstrators marched down Auburn Avenue to...
Georgia AG and governor candidate Carr questions legality of rival’s $10M campaign loan
WABE - Georgia
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July 17, 2025
Georgia's Republican Attorney General Chris Carr speaks at the state Capitol, Jan. 13, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis, File) A Republican candidate for Georgia governor asked a state ethics body Thursday to determine whether his GOP rival...
Georgia Republican governor candidate questions legality of rival's $10M campaign loan
WDSI - Tennessee
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ATLANTA, Ga. — A Republican candidate for Georgia governor asked a state ethics body Thursday to determine whether his GOP rival illegally lent $10 million to a campaign committee to evade restrictions under state campaign finance law. Attorney...
Governor Appoints Commission to Weigh In on Suspending Indicted Guyton Councilman
The Georgia Virtue
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July 18, 2025
This article has been corrected to reflect that Hamby will not receive his council pay if he is suspended from office. Governor Brian Kemp announced Thursday that he has appointed a committee to determine whether or not a Guyton City Councilman...
Georgia Supreme Court gets new justice
Mainstreet News - Georgia
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Judge Benjamin A. Land will step up from Georgia Court of Appeals to fill a state Supreme Court vacancy that opened in March with the resignation of Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs. Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday he decided to appoint Land to the...
House Republican Who Routinely Opposes Trump Praises First Lady: 'We Owe Melania Some Thanks'
The Western Journal
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July 21, 2025
Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska offered a rare and indirect bit of praise for the Trump White House on Sunday. Days after President Donald Trump linked his evolving position on Russian intransigence to comments from first lady Melania Trump,...
Senate, House NDAAs address Confederate military names
Roll Call
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July 17, 2025
The Trump administration has undone a 2022 congressionally chartered commission’s renaming of military bases and ships that had for years celebrated the Confederacy, but as of this week both the House and Senate are poised to consider at least a...
Georgia man accused $140M Ponzi scheme helped 3 Alabama officials
WZDX - Alabama
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July 17, 2025
Two of the officials who received contributions have ties to Muscle Shoals and Elkmont. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A Georgia man accused of running an alleged Ponzi scheme made contributions to at least three elected Alabama Republican officials over the...
Georgia AG Carr attacks gubernatorial opponent Lt. Gov Jones over $10 million campaign loan
Athens Banner Herald - Georgia
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Carr alleges that Jones' loan contradicts his previously disclosed financial assets and demands transparency. Jones' campaign dismissed the allegation as a desperate attempt to gain attention. ATLANTA — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr launched...
Senate Democrats see record number of diverse staffers, even as diversity is ‘demonized and distorted’
TheGrio
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July 17, 2025
Senate Democrats are touting a record number of diverse staffers working in their offices, in direct conflict with the political climate in Washington, D.C., as the Trump administration declares war on DEI. TheGrio exclusively reports that the...
MLB’s return to Atlanta ends the debate over election reform
Washington Examiner
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July 19, 2025
Four summers ago, the Left’s apoplectic reaction to the passage of Georgia’s Election Integrity Act of 2021 prompted the cynical authorities who run Major League Baseball to pull its All-Star Game out of Atlanta. Former President Joe Biden...
House nears vote on cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid programs. What it means for LAist
LAist - California
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July 17, 2025
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. The House could vote on final passage of the...
Two injured in southwest Atlanta shooting | What we know
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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ATLANTA - Two people were found shot in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood on Friday evening. What we know: It happened shortly before 8 p.m. along Washington Street SW, just south of Ormond Street SW. According to the Atlanta Police Department,...
Georgia AAA bond rating reaffirmed by agencies, maintained for 2nd year
WSBTV - Georgia
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July 17, 2025
ATLANTA — Georgia’s AAA bond rating held strong for the second year in a row. The Georgia Governor’s Office announced the update on Tuesday, saying ratings agencies FitchRatings, Moody’s Investor Service and S&P Global rankings had all maintained...
Meet the new crew: Washington-native Neyens takes in BP in Seattle
MLB
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Speaker Johnson urges White House to ‘put everything out there’ on Epstein as Trump again claims Democrats, FBI ‘made up’ unreleased files
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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July 15, 2025
WASHINGTON — While President Donald Trump has long counted on unwavering support from his “Make America Great Again” movement even as he remains one of the nation’s most divisive politicians, that base of support has seen significant cracks in its...
2 people shot in Atlanta’s Peoplestown neighborhood, police say
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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July 19, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Two people were shot in Atlanta’s Peoplestown neighborhood Friday, according to Atlanta police. Police said the shooting occurred on Washington Street. A woman was shot in the chest and arm and was taken to the...